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(All times are local in Egypt, GMT+2)
9:57am: Our correspondent in Cairo, following this morning's explosion in northern Sinai, says on Twitter: "No casualties in gas pipeline explosion fire now contained investigation underway"
9:54am: Demonstrations expressing solidarity with the Egyptians are being held across the world today. This picture is from a rally in Tokyo, Japan.
Photo by Reuters
9:46am: The Egyptian army has closed the main source of gas supplying the pipeline that was attacked in northern Sinai this morning, a security source tells Reuters.
"The armed forces and the authorities managed to close the main the source of flow and are trying to control the fires," the source said.
9:34am: There are no reports of casualties in the Sinai blast.
9:30am: Sources confirm to Al Jazeera that a blast has occured in northern Sinai. Residents in El-Arish says flames are raging near gas pipeline leading to Israel.
"Saboteurs took advantage of the security situation and blew up the gas pipeline," a state television correspondent reports.
9:17am: Reuters quotes Egyptian state TV as saying "terrorists" have targeted an Israel-Egypt gas pipeline in northern Sinai.
9:15am: There are reports of a blast and fires in Arish in northern Sinai near a gas pipeline close to the Israeli border.
9:03am Our reporter says pro-democracy groups are getting ready for confrontations, setting up metal barriers and three layers of human walls.
8:37am: Giving a feel of the festive atmosphere in Tahrir Square yesterday, this videp posted by YouTube user ScarceClips shows protesters, led by a guitar, singing a song along the lines "All of us ... one demand: leave, leave, leave. Down with Hosni Mubarak... The people want to topple the regime ... He leaves, we're not leaving".
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